ʻAnaseini Takipō
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ʻAnaseini Takipō Afuhaʻamango was Queen of Tonga from 1909 to 1918 as the second wife of George Tupou II. Her name was also often rendered as Ana Seini Takipo.
Queen Takipō on her wedding day
Sālote Tupou III
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Sālote Tupou III was Queen of Tonga from 1918 to her death in 1965. She reigned for nearly 48 years, the longest of any Tongan monarch. Her rule of Tonga has been characterized as a golden age for Ton
ʻAnaseini Takipō
…of Lavinia. Both women died in 1901 and 1902 respectively and the grief-strickened king remained unmarried with only one legitimate daughter Princess Sālote Mafile‘o Pilolevu, who was an unpopular heir with the former supporters of the deceased ʻOfa. In order to appease his subjects and the Council of Chiefs, King Tupou II…
Queen Sālote in her coronation robe
Sālote as a child in 1908
Queen Sālote inspects her troops following Tonga's declaration of war on Nazi Germany in 1940.